Total Crime Rate
574.1 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
197.5 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Grange Road area has the highest crime rate of 40 local areas in Strood North & Frindsbury , and the 18th highest crime rate of 820 local areas in Medway .
This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.
The overall crime rate in the area around Grange Road (ME2 4DD) in the last 12 months was 574.1 per 1,000 residents and was 698.7% higher than the Strood North & Frindsbury average (71.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 90 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , down -66.7% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 96 (≈ 197.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -2.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -53.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Grange Road (ME2 4DD), the main crime hotspot is near Shopping Area. Police recorded 181 crimes here, including 33 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Strood North & Frindsbury| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | North Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Taylor'S Lane | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Florence Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Honeypot Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Honeypot Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Grange Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Grange Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bowes Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St Mary'S Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Shopping Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Shopping Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Shopping Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St Mary'S Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Taylor'S Lane | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Shopping Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Marsh Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | North Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | North Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | North Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Marsh Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Albert Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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